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Zak Crawley will miss the first two Tests against India after scans showed that he sprained his right wrist in what Joe Root described as “a real freak accident”, slipping on the marble floors of England’s changing room in Chennai Read more
More than half of the world’s airline pilots are no longer flying for a living amid the plunge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey, and those that are still flying feel less valued by their Read more
Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks, and fraud fell 57% last year to $1.9 billion, as market participants boosted security systems, but crime in the ‘decentralized finance’ space continued to grow, a report from crypto intelligence company CipherTrace showed. Criminals got Read more
God of War (the 2018 one, that is) will be getting a welcome visual boost on PS5 tomorrow, 2nd February, courtesy of Sony Santa Monica’s new Enhanced Performance Experience update. As explained in a new developer blog, tomorrow’s God of Read more
A £1.69 Lidl chicken dish branded a ‘game-changing’ alternative to McDonald’s has polarised opinion among shoppers. A viral snap posted to Facebook group Snack News and Reviews showcased the budget supermarket’s 12 chicken nugget box, reports Liverpool Echo. The box Read more
South Africa v England, third Test, January 2016It’s something of a curiosity that Root’s 110 against South Africa at the Wanderers is rarely mentioned among the best of his 19 Test centuries. Maybe Stuart Broad, who sealed the series on Read more
In Minnesota, there are currently about 60 diseases that all newborns are screened for at birth using a heel prick and a few drops of blood. Of all the screenable disorders combined, newborn infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) is most common, Read more
Lowe’s Cos Inc said on Thursday it plans to hire more than 50,000 workers across its U.S. stores in the spring as the retailer races to meet pandemic-fueled demand for home improvement products. The company also said it would pay Read more
Chris: Don’t come to my ski lodge. Genuinely, the place is horrible. The queues are unbelievable and the lifts are old and small and there aren’t enough of them. The routes I have for you are terrible, terrible routes – Read more
Prince Harry should “drop all his titles” and become a US citizen if he wishes to have the “freedom” to voice political opinions, a royal expert has said. The Duke of Sussex spoke out against the Capitol riots in Washington, Read more